Beishan didn't match his name at all. He sounded like a tall and mighty man, but he was actually a thin little man who looked a bit like a monkey. As soon as he came, he bowed his hands to me and said:
"I have met you, my lord. I am Beishan."
I glanced at Tira. The two guards beside Tira were a little strange to me, as if I had never seen them before. But now is not the time to worry about this, I said gently to Beishan:
"It's not a big deal to find you this time. Just asking casually, Luo Chou borrowed you a sum of money back then and asked you for it back yesterday. Do you remember this?"
Beishan looked relieved, and said with a smile:
"Remember, remember. I don't know, what happened? It's not a big deal."
I said:
"It's not a big deal. But the money raised by Luo was stolen yesterday."
Beishan looked surprised:
"Ah? There is such a thing... oh. It's my fault for the past two days, I haven't been out much, and I don't know. So, has the murderer been caught?"
I replied:
"Not yet, just before that, I want to ask you a few questions."
Kitayama said doubtfully:
"Ask me? Well, I have nothing to do with this case, right?"
I smiled and said:
"That's hard to say. Maybe you don't want to pay back the money, and maybe you stole the money back secretly. In order to clear the suspicion, you'd better tell everything you know, the more detailed the better."
Kitayama nodded helplessly.
He opened his mouth and said:
"In my bedroom on the 8th of last month, Luo Choo lent me five gold coins, ten silver coins, and twenty copper coins, and agreed to pay him back when I had money. The paperwork was also established, and no one was there at the time..."
As I looked at him, Beishan hurriedly said:
"But although no one testified, this matter is clear! It was six o'clock in the evening, it was still dark, and the sun was about to set in the west. My cat meowed three times, and my wife was cooking in the kitchen. What I ordered was fried celery and sliced meat with black fungus, and Luo Cho and I also drank two glasses of wine."
I nodded and said:
"and after?"
Kitayama continued:
"Later, I gambled in the casino, and I still lost at the beginning. Later, I changed the game and played dice, and then I started to win money one after another. On the first day, I lost two gold coins, and on the second day, I lost two gold coins in a row. I won back with a profit. In the next few days, my eyes were red and I killed all directions. The most I fought seventy-two times in a day, and I won three gold coins and seven silver coins. At that time, the casino owner laughed at my luck. I won the general, and then I started to lose again. I remember that one day the four of us gambled on the same table. Dare to bet, hurry up and return the money to Luo Chou, it was just yesterday."
I nodded and asked kindly:
"It sounds like it's watertight... What about when it's time to pay back the money?"
Beishan was encouraged and continued:
"When I paid back the money, I also warmed a pot of wine. My mother-in-law cooked four dishes, namely stir-fried chestnuts in sugar, carp in vinegar, fried shredded chicken, and stewed pork with radish. Luo Cho and I drank some wine, After the food, I gave him the money, and he burned the IOU in front of my face, and then went back. It was almost... like a curfew."
I nodded and asked Luo Choo:
"Is he telling the truth?"
Luo Chu nodded:
"It's not bad. I ask brother Jiade to be the master for me. It's not easy for us businessmen to make some money, so we can't just let it go! And if everyone outside is like this, then we don't want such outsiders in Tianxing City!"
One stone stirred up thousands of waves, and the people of Skystar City outside all clenched their fists and shouted loudly:
"Get out! Get out!"
"Shameless thief!"
"I'm so ashamed to throw it home! I'm pissed!"
"Tigers hurt people... I really don't know what to do!"
"Do people in Yuxi City have no education at all?"
Song Nai lowered his head, not daring to say a word.
When the shouting was too loud for me, I stretched out my hand and pressed it down. Seeing that there was no response, I went to the front, picked up the eye-catching phone and slapped it on the table. The thick wood splintered inch by inch, and the table shook with cracks. The sound could be imagined, it almost pierced the eardrums of people in the empty lobby, and the sound outside suddenly stopped.
I said to Kitayama:
"Sometimes I actually admire your memory, because I might not even remember what I had for lunch a week ago."
Kitayama smiled and said:
"I just have a good memory, gambling, rely on this."
I smiled and said:
"Well, you, repeat what you just said."
The smile on Beishan's face disappeared in an instant.
He opened his mouth and said embarrassingly:
"No need, my lord, what am I not clear about?"
I smiled and said:
"No, on the contrary, it is very clear. I even remember what I ate. I think it is very real and has a sense of picture. It's just that I don't have a particularly good memory. It's hard for me to understand everything when you talk so much in one go. So I want to… listen to it again."
Kitayama stammered and said:
"The sixth of last month..."
I corrected:
"Isn't it number eight? Did I remember wrongly?"
Beishan hurriedly said:
"Yes, on the eighth day of last month, in our bedroom. At six o'clock in the evening, the IOU. The food at that time was, it was..."
I didn't say anything, just looked at him quietly.
"On the first day of gambling, I lost, won, no, lost a few gold coins. Then..."
"On the second day, I killed four sides and won seventy-two in a row... No, it seems to be the third day. I..."
"Later, I paid back the money yesterday. At that time, my daughter-in-law cooked a few dishes. Yes, yes..."
Beishan was sweating profusely.
I waved my hand lightly and said:
"Actually, I'm not very good at handling cases. I don't know much about collecting evidence, surveying the scene, and looking for clues. But I know one thing. It's not difficult for people to fabricate a very realistic lie. Many smart people People with sharp tongues can even make up things while thinking about them on the spot. But there is a very serious problem, because this thing didn’t actually happen, while he is making things up, he has to think about what to say next , there is not much space in my mind to save the fabricated lies, just say it. Like Luo Cho, he has memorized that set many times, and he can repeat it if I ask him to repeat it ten times. But you No, because you are not prepared, so naturally you don't remember what you just said, right?"
I patted Beishan on the shoulder and said with a smile:
"Actually, I can't blame you. It's nothing to do with you. Luo Chou didn't think about the questions comprehensively. He prepared all the answers related to the case, but he didn't expect me to ask about the origin of the money. It can't be said that he is doing business. If you make money, it can only be said that someone paid back the money. Then you need someone to cooperate. After thinking for a long time, I picked you, a smart person who can talk. When I went to pull someone to arrest you, there should be someone Have I secretly tipped you off? I hope you can 'cooperate'... "
Beishan gasped heavily, his eyes staring fixedly at this side.